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so at least the republican strategy to rig the election in pennsylvania has fallen short unfortunately there are several other states where similar efforts by republicans are still rolling along and ultimately this issue will likely be settled by the u.s. supreme court the near future a court whose right wing members have already ruled five to four that americans do not have a fundamental right to vote that was in bush v gore joining us now from our l.a. studios is brad fried founder and publisher of the bread blog bread live dot com brad welcome back tom good to be back thank you for joining us and good to see you my friend does this decision effectively kill this voter i.d. law in pennsylvania till the election yes and no and i hate to be confusing about this because it needs to be clear and this judge this republican judge i believe purposely made a ruling here that was not particularly clear so here's where we are for this november the photo id restriction will not keep anyone from voting they'll still be asking voters for their id and the state will still be putting out advertisem
so at least the republican strategy to rig the election in pennsylvania has fallen short unfortunately there are several other states where similar efforts by republicans are still rolling along and ultimately this issue will likely be settled by the u.s. supreme court the near future a court whose right wing members have already ruled five to four that americans do not have a fundamental right to vote that was in bush v gore joining us now from our l.a. studios is brad fried founder and...
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r n c election fraud scandal. this is an amazing story it continues to blow up we're now up to some twelve counties in the state of florida who have found what appear to be fraudulent registration forms turned in by this republican company strategic allied consulting hired by the republican national committee owned by a mitt romney a paid mitt romney political consultant so it still continues to grow late last friday the republican florida republican party of florida filed a criminal election fraud complaint against the republican company strategic allied consulting and just before coming to the studio today i got word from an insider that the department of state down there has now informed all of the supervisors of elections in all of florida's counties that they need to set aside all of these fraudulent registration forms of the forms believed to be fraudulent because they may now be needed in a court case was so this is moving forward now on a criminal level and we're still finding out how this affects voters i
r n c election fraud scandal. this is an amazing story it continues to blow up we're now up to some twelve counties in the state of florida who have found what appear to be fraudulent registration forms turned in by this republican company strategic allied consulting hired by the republican national committee owned by a mitt romney a paid mitt romney political consultant so it still continues to grow late last friday the republican florida republican party of florida filed a criminal election...
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let's see what happens election day. you know, the governor has said a couple of times the election is about republicans who won't let things happen. you know, this election really should be about what happened the first two years of the obama administration, and democrats should have been able to do anything they wanted to do, and now is when that should pay off. we shouldn't be worried about what happened last month and how that impacts the economy because, frankly, we've had no budget, no appropriations bills. the majority in the senate, i think, will change because people are tired of a senate that won't do the things that need to be done. >> let me ask you about the state of the race in missouri. this is where you had congressman akin who made a very controversial remark, which you condemn, which others condemn. you, in fact, said at the time we do not believe it sefshz the national interest for congressman todd akin to stay in the race for senate. the issues at stake are too big, and it's simply too important. the
let's see what happens election day. you know, the governor has said a couple of times the election is about republicans who won't let things happen. you know, this election really should be about what happened the first two years of the obama administration, and democrats should have been able to do anything they wanted to do, and now is when that should pay off. we shouldn't be worried about what happened last month and how that impacts the economy because, frankly, we've had no budget, no...
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it's what the election is. mark my words, if president obama wins this election, i think he will, i really do believe he'll win, there will be a lame duck session of congress. they will either pass multiyear budget then or agree to conditions to keep the government going while they work on the budget in the next couple months after the election. you will see a much higher level of cooperation because their number one goal, the republicans was as senator mcconnell said was to defeat the president. that's not their goal anymore because he can't run anymore. i believe their number one goal wille either to make progress or hold on to the majority, which they can't do without making progress. then you will see both sides begin to compromise, and work together. you will see this law jam break. >> when we come back, the question we have been asking. bill clinton's big speech at the democratic convention. >> i was young. perhaps i could have done another term. , a proud dad whose online friends all "like" the photos he
it's what the election is. mark my words, if president obama wins this election, i think he will, i really do believe he'll win, there will be a lame duck session of congress. they will either pass multiyear budget then or agree to conditions to keep the government going while they work on the budget in the next couple months after the election. you will see a much higher level of cooperation because their number one goal, the republicans was as senator mcconnell said was to defeat the...
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board of election people are overwhelmed in the time of an election. they sometimes don't have the time to compare the signature of the application to the file and when that occurs it is illegal. >> in new york, there was fake absentee ballots and in arkansas ballots for an opposing cand date were ripped up and thrown away. there is voters fraud@foxnews.com, that is the address. >> our debate coverage continues with highlights and a fair and balanced debate on who really won last night. and a new book reveals that president obama would rather have seen osama bin laden taken alive. we'll explain the reason why up next. >> first on this day in history back in 1969, since i met you baby, by sonny james the number one country song. ♪ and everybody -- anybody tells me i am insane. ♪ ♪ leaving my homeland ♪ pling a lone hand ♪ my life begins today ♪ ♪ fly by night away from here ♪ ♪ change my life again ♪ ♪ fly by night, goodbye my dear ♪ ♪ my ship isn't coming ♪ and i just can't pretend oww! ♪ [ male announcer ] careful, you're
board of election people are overwhelmed in the time of an election. they sometimes don't have the time to compare the signature of the application to the file and when that occurs it is illegal. >> in new york, there was fake absentee ballots and in arkansas ballots for an opposing cand date were ripped up and thrown away. there is voters fraud@foxnews.com, that is the address. >> our debate coverage continues with highlights and a fair and balanced debate on who really won last...
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after election. they said, we need to do something to change the election rules to first -- forestall of these changes and shape an electorate that is whiter, older, wealthier and more conservative. that is what these laws do. whether it is cutting back on voter registration drives, cutting back on the early voting, requiring government- issued i.d., these are all things that uniquely impact younger voters, hispanic voters, african-americans, and elderly voters. and most of those populations tend to vote for democrats and for the democratic paraty and certainly for president obama. that is why these laws were passed after the 2010 election when republicans took control of state legislatures and were the obama election of 2008. tavis: since you mentioned the present, the first debate between mr. obama and mr. romney is behind us. the president is on his own. just weeks ago at the democratic convention he had a nice assist from former president bill clinton. bill clinton has weighed in on this issue. a
after election. they said, we need to do something to change the election rules to first -- forestall of these changes and shape an electorate that is whiter, older, wealthier and more conservative. that is what these laws do. whether it is cutting back on voter registration drives, cutting back on the early voting, requiring government- issued i.d., these are all things that uniquely impact younger voters, hispanic voters, african-americans, and elderly voters. and most of those populations...
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we're not talking about election day. we're talking about that first debate and in terms of that first debate -- it was completely the opposite of the way it was on election day. watch. >> good evening, i'm tom brokaw with nbc "nightly news." a lot of people in most of the instant polls believe walter mondale won an important battle against president reagan last night. >> in this corner at a feisty 170 pounds, the new heavyweight debater of the world -- >> at a tumultuous rally mondale claimed the debate breathed new life into his campaign. >> today we have a brand new race. today everything is different. >> reporter: while not claiming a flood of overnight conversions, mondale's aides argue millions of voters finally are listening to mondale and rethinking their support for reagan. >> the seemingly unstoppable reagan bandwagon hit a bad rut last night and the president seemed to know it. asked who won the debate as he left kentucky, all he said was, i'm smiling. at a north carolina rally, mr. reagan brought up the debate
we're not talking about election day. we're talking about that first debate and in terms of that first debate -- it was completely the opposite of the way it was on election day. watch. >> good evening, i'm tom brokaw with nbc "nightly news." a lot of people in most of the instant polls believe walter mondale won an important battle against president reagan last night. >> in this corner at a feisty 170 pounds, the new heavyweight debater of the world -- >> at a...
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romney, you elected to go last. you have two minutes, mr. president. >> i want to thank you, and i want to thank gov. romney because this was a terrific debate. i want to thank the university of denver. four years ago we were going through a major crisis. yet, my faith in the american future is undiminished. the reason is because of its people. because of a woman i met in north carolina who decided at 55 to go back to school because she wanted to inspire her daughter and now she has a new job. because of a company in minnesota willing to give up salaries and perks for the executives to make sure they did not lay off workers during a recession. the auto workers that you need in toledo or detroit take such pride in building the best cars in the world not just because of a paycheck, but because it gives them a sense of pride that they are helping to build america. the question now is how do we build on the strengths? everything i have tried to do everything i am proposing for the next four years as far as improving education or developing ameri
romney, you elected to go last. you have two minutes, mr. president. >> i want to thank you, and i want to thank gov. romney because this was a terrific debate. i want to thank the university of denver. four years ago we were going through a major crisis. yet, my faith in the american future is undiminished. the reason is because of its people. because of a woman i met in north carolina who decided at 55 to go back to school because she wanted to inspire her daughter and now she has a new...
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and then right after the election, whoever is elected, we face the fiscal cliff in january, and almost all economists left or right or center, say that it would cause a high-risk of another recession. so what i would like to see instead of a fiscal cliff that we face, instead of kicking that can down the road 6 months, let's change cans, use simpson-bowles or a combination, and substitute is say you have 6 months overturn it you may not like it, but this is better than what we face right now, why not substitute a logical and sane default position for what we have facing us now. neil: senator bennett, what in your gut, do you think they will do? regardless who wins, prevailing wisdom they either delay the cuts, try to screw around with sequestration, a glorified way of kicks the can down the road what do you think? >>i think that suggestion that senator none u.n. -- nunn has made is the right thing we should do, i do not see sequestration, fiscal cliff, i see congress blinking very big time, saying, let's delay this. neil: a lame duck second that decides -- session that decides? >> no,
and then right after the election, whoever is elected, we face the fiscal cliff in january, and almost all economists left or right or center, say that it would cause a high-risk of another recession. so what i would like to see instead of a fiscal cliff that we face, instead of kicking that can down the road 6 months, let's change cans, use simpson-bowles or a combination, and substitute is say you have 6 months overturn it you may not like it, but this is better than what we face right now,...
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requirement from going into effect before election day. judge robert simpson wrote in part, i am not still -- i am not still convinced that there will be no voter disenfranchisement arising out of the commonwealth's implementation of a voter identification requirement for the upcoming election. well, this was a blow for pennsylvania republican governor and the republican-controlled state legislature that championed it. in fact, the state's house majority leader mike turzai, the top republican, left no doubt what the aim of the law was. let's listen to him in his own words. >> voter i.d., which is going to allow governor romney to win the state of pennsylvania, done. >> that's pretty authoritative. state representative daryl metcalfe who authored the voter i.d. act, made clear he had no patience for voters without photo i.d.s, the new kind. let's listen. >> i don't believe any legitimate voter that wants to exercise that right and takes on the according responsibility that goes with that right to secure their photo i.d. will be disenfranchi
requirement from going into effect before election day. judge robert simpson wrote in part, i am not still -- i am not still convinced that there will be no voter disenfranchisement arising out of the commonwealth's implementation of a voter identification requirement for the upcoming election. well, this was a blow for pennsylvania republican governor and the republican-controlled state legislature that championed it. in fact, the state's house majority leader mike turzai, the top republican,...
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tuesday's ruling does help pave the way for its use in future elections. mississippi also announced it will not enforce its law requiring photo ids at the polls. palau was put on hold after the justice department demanded proof that the measure would not violate the voting rights act. meanwhile, the battle of guns in ohio with some candid out overnight in order to cast their ballot. ohio is the seventh state to begin early voting. president obama and republican candidate mitt romney face off in denver tonight for the first debate of the presidential campaign. on tuesday, vice-president joe biden drew ridicule from republicans after saying the middle-class has been buried the last four years. although biden was referring to the effects of the financial crisis that began under the bush administration, paul ryan seized on the remarks as an admission of failure. this is deadly earnest. how they can justify, how can they justify raising taxes on the middle class? the middle-class has been buried last four years. how, in lord's name, can they justify raising tax
tuesday's ruling does help pave the way for its use in future elections. mississippi also announced it will not enforce its law requiring photo ids at the polls. palau was put on hold after the justice department demanded proof that the measure would not violate the voting rights act. meanwhile, the battle of guns in ohio with some candid out overnight in order to cast their ballot. ohio is the seventh state to begin early voting. president obama and republican candidate mitt romney face off in...
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that is why we hold the elections. i want to thank you all for turning out. i thought this was a great panel. we got a lot of good information. a vote early and often. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tomorrow on "washington journal", which will talk with third party candidates. first, green party that it jill stein. she will talk about her platform and the challenges of running as a third party candidate. that is followed by former virginia rep and constitution party candidate virgil good. e. and then we will look at the history and role of third parties, from the liberty partyin 1841 to ross perot's party in the early 1990's. "washington journal" with your calls, tweet, and e-mails live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> it is the first thing in our article here is, getting medicare costs under control is the number one priority. and it is the most untouchable thing. but that is going to cause more trouble than any other problem we have got fiscally and the united
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they say every election is a crucial election. i'm not of that -- i think that's -- yes, it's crucial but clearly in four years, obviously a lot can't get done in four years anyway so even if worse came to worse and we had this guy for four years, would any of the things he said he would do actually happen? i doubt it. i doubt it would be that easily affected. i think you do need two terms as a president. i think obama has to have two terms to prove what he can do. >> i always think about that, that four years is probably never enough for anybody to do very much as president. if you come in, the first thing you do is get a whole new staff, you get a whole new thing going, you start to try and bring in policies and then just at the moment some of them are coming to fruition you're either in again or you're out. eight years seems to me, unless the president, the incumbent is so useless that he has to go, really, you need that length of time. >> i agree. like we were saying backstage, if it wasn't for the 22nd amendment, is it, that
they say every election is a crucial election. i'm not of that -- i think that's -- yes, it's crucial but clearly in four years, obviously a lot can't get done in four years anyway so even if worse came to worse and we had this guy for four years, would any of the things he said he would do actually happen? i doubt it. i doubt it would be that easily affected. i think you do need two terms as a president. i think obama has to have two terms to prove what he can do. >> i always think about...
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we're focused on the presidential election and goal to beat president obama and elect a new president. we are heavily invested in the senate and house race. thing a way about the -- [inaudible] i don't think priority u.s.a. for example -- restore future exclusively dedicated. we're focused on all of the senate races or where you're going do see a lot more of the advertising early your on in the senate races, the bigger the office, the more people pay attention. the we'll be engaged in a number of house races probably a little bit later as we get closer. >> yeah. that's the other thing. the cross roads place outside role in the senate races and don't think that the two are not entwined. i'm not suggesting anything knee fair use. let's say there was president issue advertising. the republican side, the crossroads and other outspending on the senate roadways and house races. and those all have an impact. it's the environment how do people feel when there's million of dollar of ad spending in state of montana, for example within out senate race, it affects the house race and other races b
we're focused on the presidential election and goal to beat president obama and elect a new president. we are heavily invested in the senate and house race. thing a way about the -- [inaudible] i don't think priority u.s.a. for example -- restore future exclusively dedicated. we're focused on all of the senate races or where you're going do see a lot more of the advertising early your on in the senate races, the bigger the office, the more people pay attention. the we'll be engaged in a number...
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how do you see the election standing now five weeks out? >> well, right now five weeks out if you can have a solid small lead, he has it, okay? he has hit what i think are his ceiling numbers, 49%, 50%, 51% in the state. hard to imagine in any of these battleground states with maybe the exception of ohio and iowa how he gets to, quote, 52% or even 53%. so he's at a ceiling. he's at about topped out. the question is how much coalescing happens around romney? i think you're seeing some of it now, and that's why he's popping among likely voters in particular. there's one other thing the obama folks have to worry about, we see evidence of it in our own polling, and it also explains why there's such a massive difference between registered voters back and forth between obama and romney and the likely voters. there is still an enthusiasm gap that favors the republicans. the republicans are fired up to vote against obama. whether they're fired up for romney, forget that question right now. they're fired up to vote out obama. you don't see that amon
how do you see the election standing now five weeks out? >> well, right now five weeks out if you can have a solid small lead, he has it, okay? he has hit what i think are his ceiling numbers, 49%, 50%, 51% in the state. hard to imagine in any of these battleground states with maybe the exception of ohio and iowa how he gets to, quote, 52% or even 53%. so he's at a ceiling. he's at about topped out. the question is how much coalescing happens around romney? i think you're seeing some of...
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they want to wait until after the election. katie mcfarland is ready to talk. vice president joe biden added again. >> how can they justify raising taxes on the middle-class and has been buried last four years. lou: who buried them? can the middle-class survive? we will give some counsel to the candidates. we're in the world was this video 2008? >> look at the gulf coast people ask me if they thought grace was the reason i said no illustration was colorblind. lou: now what they have been denying over five years. the president reveals himself in his own words. the "a team" is next eels turnin. from business loans to cash management, we want to be your partner moving forward. so switch to regions. and let's get going. together. now we need a little bit more... a little bit more vanilla? this is great! [ male announcer ] at humana, we believe there's never been a better time to share your passions... because the results... are you having fun doing this? yeah. that's a very nice cake! [ male announcer ] well, you can't beat them. [ giggles ] ohh! you got something
they want to wait until after the election. katie mcfarland is ready to talk. vice president joe biden added again. >> how can they justify raising taxes on the middle-class and has been buried last four years. lou: who buried them? can the middle-class survive? we will give some counsel to the candidates. we're in the world was this video 2008? >> look at the gulf coast people ask me if they thought grace was the reason i said no illustration was colorblind. lou: now what they have...
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if elected, re-elected what would you do about that? >> i had the great experience, it didn't seem like it at the same, of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87% democrat. i had to get along and work across the aisle to get along. we drove our schools to be number one, we cut taxes 19 times. >> what would you do as president? >> i would sit down day one. actually the day i get elected, i'll sit down with leaders, republican and democrat, and sit down, talk about the issues and challenges in our state in that case. we have to work on a collaborative basis, not to compromise our principles, but because there is common ground, and the challenges america faces. the reason i'm in this race, there are people really hurting today in this country and we face this deficit could crush future generations. what's happening in the middle east, developments around the world that are of real concern and republicans and democrats both love america, but we need leadership. leadership in washington that will bring people together and get t
if elected, re-elected what would you do about that? >> i had the great experience, it didn't seem like it at the same, of being elected in a state where my legislature was 87% democrat. i had to get along and work across the aisle to get along. we drove our schools to be number one, we cut taxes 19 times. >> what would you do as president? >> i would sit down day one. actually the day i get elected, i'll sit down with leaders, republican and democrat, and sit down, talk about...
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election. >> are we entering an era in which the rhetorical measurement is if you lose as opposed to if you win. would you say that is the circumstance to which candidates -- winning is nice, but not losing is the thing. >> that could be what they are looking at. the risk factor is so high, but not losing is sometimes more important. this year for obama in particular. >> the fact that the headline seems to be -- the gaff ise of the headline. >> -- the gaffe is the headline. >> i am wondering what would be the most important thing for me to look at when i am watching the debate. what would be the number 1. the debate is open. what should i be looking at? >> my perspective would be the thing you want to look for is, democratic leadership. how does this person perform democratic leadership? as americans we have conflicting expectations that the president be democratic, or ordinary, someone who acts like we would, someone who will subordinate themselves to the public will and be a public servant. s
election. >> are we entering an era in which the rhetorical measurement is if you lose as opposed to if you win. would you say that is the circumstance to which candidates -- winning is nice, but not losing is the thing. >> that could be what they are looking at. the risk factor is so high, but not losing is sometimes more important. this year for obama in particular. >> the fact that the headline seems to be -- the gaff ise of the headline. >> -- the gaffe is the...
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but what about the city's rights to elect their own elected officials? and i guess follow their own destiny? winnie's a government interference, i understand you are talking about the federal. but i heard mitt romney say states' rights. is it the right of the state to come into the cities and overthrow the local municipalities? if that is big government, small government. i do not know. i think they should have the right to control their own destiny in their own city. it is on the ballot in november. and i am telling everybody in michigan to a vote it down. we did not need dictatorship. it is a dictator bill. host: thank you. on twitter -- the government to do its job, maintain the general welfare. from debate news, the numbers are and on how many watched on television. more than 67 million watched the first presidential debate. nearly 16 more watched four years ago for about 12 of the 67 who watched president obama square off against mitt romney were between 18-34. fox news channel average 10.4 million viewers. a big improvement over 8.2. cnn clock abou
but what about the city's rights to elect their own elected officials? and i guess follow their own destiny? winnie's a government interference, i understand you are talking about the federal. but i heard mitt romney say states' rights. is it the right of the state to come into the cities and overthrow the local municipalities? if that is big government, small government. i do not know. i think they should have the right to control their own destiny in their own city. it is on the ballot in...
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>> i want to talk about the election. >> judge jeanine: will the debate change the election. >> it changed the narrative in the campaign. the polls are about dead even, now. >> judge jeanine: in fact, even more than that. >> swing states dead even and bottom line we now all have a situation and noelle can speak to this better that the money advantage which was president obama's in september, $181 million i think is going to swing in governor romney's election. >> right after this debate when looked at msnbc i switched oh remember to make sure that they were going to validate our opinion of us wining that race or us winning that debate and we had chris matthews out there. >> judge jeanine: he was trashing the president he was so angry. cnn, 57% say romney won. >> this is all coming down to fund raising. romney's fund raising has picked up totally. i had three donors emale me around midnight stating they were going to rally the troops and these are big donors. >> judge jeanine: is it going to matter in terms of the money going forward? >> yes, it will but the big date is the next debate i th
>> i want to talk about the election. >> judge jeanine: will the debate change the election. >> it changed the narrative in the campaign. the polls are about dead even, now. >> judge jeanine: in fact, even more than that. >> swing states dead even and bottom line we now all have a situation and noelle can speak to this better that the money advantage which was president obama's in september, $181 million i think is going to swing in governor romney's election....